codeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoHow much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysisboyter.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up121file-textcross-posted to: clojure@programming.devlobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up121external-linkHow much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysisboyter.orgcodeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: clojure@programming.devlobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoI call boilerplate having to repeat types because there’s no type inference, but this is not captured here. Kolmogorov complexity would be a good denominator, but you’d end up with a higher boilerplate score if your language just uses longer keywords
I call boilerplate having to repeat types because there’s no type inference, but this is not captured here.
Kolmogorov complexity would be a good denominator, but you’d end up with a higher boilerplate score if your language just uses longer keywords